National security wasn't the only issue at the heart of a recent war of words between Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, two of the GOP's strongest contenders for a possible presidential bid in 2016.

Federal funding also took center stage in their back-and-forth last week, with Paul claiming that New Jersey has a "gimme, gimme, gimme" attitude when it comes to getting money from Washington.

Christie fired back quickly at that claim, however.

“In fact New Jersey is a donor state, we get 61 cents back on every dollar we send to Washington," the governor said on July 30 in response to Paul's claim. "And interestingly Kentucky gets $1.51 on every dollar they sent to Washington.”

Is Christie right that that Kentucky gets back more than double what New Jersey receives for every dollar in taxes the Garden State sends the federal government? Find out at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about our ruling at NJ.com.